They hit pay dirt, identifying roX genes in 47 species.
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In the very first cube, Dr. Willerslev hit genetic pay dirt.
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But most spend their days in a fruitless search for pay dirt.
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Two of the Canadian observations, one at each site, hit pay dirt.
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There was nothing between Jesus and pay dirt except negotiating the angle.
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This time around, however, the plaintiffs' lawyers may have hit pay dirt.
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"I typed in his name and instantly hit pay dirt," Morris tells PEOPLE.
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Finally, he hit pay dirt with Adam Levitin, a law professor at Georgetown.
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Ozigbo found pay dirt from 18 yards out and the crowd was electric.
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Diamont found pay dirt from 215 yards out to put Indiana up 2112-279.
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For context: In Michael Cohen's Rolodex, an Investor Tied to Russia Saw Pay Dirt
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Some skinny kid, whose name I forget, was sprinting down the sideline, headed for pay dirt.
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With indie films, you get used to long periods without income, always hoping for pay dirt.
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The plaintiffs' lawyers in the Facebook case may have hit pay dirt, the Deal Professor writes.
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We've sifted through the internet for deals on tech we like, and hit pay dirt this week.
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By throwing muscle behind nonwhite filmmakers who drew deeply from culturally specific experiences, studios hit pay dirt.
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But he really hit pay dirt in fulfilling a market demand for made-up nonsense about Barack Obama.
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Price, a former aerospace engineer on the lookout for a start-up idea, realized he'd hit pay dirt.
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The Eagles' goal-line back is one of the best bets to hit pay dirt in Week 6.
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They have this little church, and this is a job that nobody wants, probably it doesn't pay dirt.
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As the price of the cryptocurrency rose, so too did the complexity and the number of miners seeking pay dirt.
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Most of these bets fail, but reaching out to those on the margins costs little and sometimes hits pay dirt.
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But he really hit pay dirt in fulfilling a market demand on the conspiratorial right for made-up nonsense about Obama.
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But in reality, it probably would take the machine well over a quintillion years (a billion billion) to strike pay dirt.
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A few minutes later, they hit pay dirt again when one of the pilots observed a truck on a logging road.
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The FDLR care little about the weed trade happening under their noses—gold and rare earth minerals are their pay dirt.
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He took a pass from Pavelski while the pair enjoyed a two-on-one rush and hit pay dirt with a backhander.
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For all you wannabe Powerball or Mega Millions winners, there are 830 million reasons you can keep daydreaming about hitting pay dirt.
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Mississippi opened the scoring with Scottie Phillips finding pay dirt from 259 yards out to cap a six-play, 271-yard drive.
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But in her first few batches of evidence, Mehmet hit forensic pay dirt: a handful of unknown profiles—including on the washed gloves.
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Despite an avowed separateness from the postwar New York zeitgeist, Pousette-Dart hit pay dirt in that very world at a young age.
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Fitzpatrick read it and made a perfect throw, allowing Jackson to maximize his speed and take it the final 40 yards to pay dirt.
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As for the Buccaneers, they are generously doling out touchdowns to opposing receivers, with seven wideouts hitting pay dirt over the first three games.
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The first three calls yielded "no comment," but the fourth hit pay dirt, and I was invited to visit the bank late that afternoon.
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When they reached the Liberec region, the area that today is about a 1.5 hour drive north of Prague, they hit pay dirt. Literally.
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The Redskins couldn't hit pay dirt in the first half, coming away with just two field goals despite Cousins completing 18 passes for 216 yards.
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In 2018, the rover hit pay dirt when it found organic matter in soil samples of three billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale crater.
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Within days, he hit pay dirt—a shard that appeared to complete the flood story—and the British Museum financed two further trips for him.
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Somebody who leaves actors alone, who doesn't interfere, who lets them play out all the things they need to play out before they hit pay dirt.
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A team from Hebrew University was digging through the floor of a massive Iron Age structure when a volunteer who arrived for the day struck pay dirt.
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Soon after founding J Brand in 2004, Mr. Rüdes hit pay dirt with a signature pair of skinny trousers known as the Houlihan, selling several hundred thousand.
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The aspiring asteroid miners at Planetary Resources have struck pay dirt in Luxembourg, the tiny (but wealthy) European country positioning itself as an ally to commercial space.
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Cross Creek hit pay dirt with its first effort, a small-scale film: "Black Swan," which cost $173 million to make and took in about $330 million worldwide.
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Once there, the spacecraft will vacuum up handfuls of gravel from the asteroid's surface, and then in a grand finale, deliver the pay dirt all the way back to Earth.
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Two plays after that, Cook and the Seminoles hit pay dirt with a 17-yard rushing touchdown to go ahead 7-0 with 4:40 left in the first quarter.
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Seven or so years ago, my wife and I were trying to get pregnant, and when we didn't hit pay dirt after our first few tries, we decided to get tested.
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The virus had hit pay dirt, racing through the gay sexual revolution where one man might have sex with 30 other men a year, giving the virus exponential rates of infection.
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Lane strikes pay dirt with her subject, the surgeon John Romulus Brinkley, who built a medical empire in the 1930s by transplanting goat glands into the scrotum to cure male impotence.
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If the soil's concentration of gold is high enough—say five to 12003 grams per ton or a bit more than half to one part per million—you've struck pay dirt.
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"No, this wasn't the goal," Dunn replies, when asked if his long stay in the NCAA was forged in order to increase his odds of hitting pay dirt on draft night.
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Comedian Pauly Shore struck viral pay dirt with a parody of White House aide Stephen Miller's widely reported exchange with a CNN reporter about a poem on the Statue of Liberty.
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After years of unsuccessful comic pitches, he hit pay dirt with the sad-man-fat-cat combo, and the strip debuted June 20173, 1978 in 41 newspapers across the United States.
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She struck pay dirt on a nude beach in Jacob Riis Park in 1980, when a Hasidic Jew, dressed in black hat and overcoat on a scorching summer day, unexpectedly appeared.
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Ducati, based in Italy, has hit pay dirt with its out-of-character Scrambler, introduced in 2499 (and now stretched to a subbrand), which expanded the company's portfolio beyond muscular sport machines.
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The loss of Moncrief may make Allen more of a factor, but regardless of that, he is always a threat to hit pay dirt, and this matchup makes that all the more likely.
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Her answer was a patch of pay dirt around 2000 miles north, past endless forests of spruce and golden-leafed aspen, at the end of a gravel road known as the Silver Trail.
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After forcing a UK punt, the Gators' desperation drive fell short when defensive end Josh Allen hit quarterback Feleipe Franks, forcing the fumble that was returned to pay dirt by Robinson as time expired.
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The movie is adapted from the 2009 novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, who hit commercial pay dirt with a catchy title and the fusion of two ludicrously opposed, nominally irreconcilable cultural touchstones: Austen and zombies.
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I guess by 16, I knew what Watergate was, but on this night, it was the hotel on the same site, by the same name as the infamous towers, where we'd go, hoping to hit pay dirt.
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Former Magnum Hunter Resources CEO Gary Evans sowed the seeds of success during the 1985 oil bust, and now he's hoping to strike pay dirt by starting a new company in the midst of a nearly two-year crude price downturn.
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With his ratings lagging far behind "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," there was even ill-informed speculation about whether CBS might consider replacing him with companion host James Corden, who had struck viral pay dirt with his "Carpool Karaoke" segment.
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Mr. Friedman, 593, one of the architects behind Summit Entertainment, which hit pay dirt with the "Twilight" film series and then sold itself to Lionsgate, has been hired as a consultant for Paramount's "Transformers: The Last Knight," set for June release.
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While almost every movie studio passed on the project, Mr. Wang, Ms. Tan and the screenwriter Ronald Bass struck pay dirt with Jeffrey Katzenberg at Walt Disney Studios, who granted the team a $10 million budget and full creative control.
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I liked LIVE IT DOWN, YIN AND YANG, LMAO (and yes, it's been in the puzzle before), I LOST IT, ST. IVES, SEE A DOCTOR, SINN FEIN, PAY DIRT, ROUGH CUT and ARE YOU IN. Need more help with today's theme?
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Inside, they hit pay dirt: The BearingPoint executives, perhaps distracted by the financial calamity facing their firm, had left behind notes and documents that the Deloitte operatives viewed as the key to unlocking the mystery of the value of the federal practice.
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Cruise plays Nick Morton, an adventurer who with his sidekick Chris Vail (Jack Johnson, who should just show up in every blockbuster from now until the end of time) hits pay dirt when they come across the tomb of an Egyptian princess.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles when she hit pay dirt: Company records showing that GM knew for years that stronger roofs on its vehicles could save lives.
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You'll get to know director Rian Johnson's name a lot more in the next 12 months—he's helmed the forthcoming installment in the Star Wars franchise, The Last Jedi—but before he hit brand-name pay dirt, he established himself as a maker of knotty, smart, and enthralling capers.
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That could put this movie on a course to collect $180 million or more over its domestic run, a strong total that (depending on interest overseas, where early returns appear encouraging, analysts said) could turn "Jumanji" into an ongoing series for the studio — the Hollywood equivalent of pay dirt.
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Word flew across the nation ("From the grass roots down, it was 'pay dirt' "), and before long a fire hose of white Americans went spraying into the isolated land, violating an Indian treaty with impunity, setting up mining towns and trading posts, blasting roads through mountains, changing the nature of the place forever.
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And it was also a huge defeat for NBC, which finally hit pay dirt in the ratings with its hugely popular family drama, "This Is Us." A broadcast network was in its first viable position to win the drama award for the first time in more than a decade but a streaming service blocked the way.
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Bogaczyk, Jack and King, Randy. "Hokies hit pay dirt financially", Roanoke Times. December 29, 1994.
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David, Greg, and Bob Hawley owned a refrigeration repair business. They partnered with Jerry Mackey, owner of Hi-Boy restaurants in Independence, Missouri, and David Lutrell from the construction industry, along with other family and friends, to form River Salvage Inc.Bordewich, Fergus M. "Pay Dirt", Smithsonian Magazine. December 2006.
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An Illustrated History of the State of Idaho. (1903). Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. A long hiatus followed until Andrew J. Prichard entered the country in search of gold. After several years of searching, he finally found pay-dirt on a stream about twelve miles north of the future Wallace in the spring of 1882.
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Milner attended the University of Southern California where he studied theater. He dropped out after a year in the fall of 1950 to concentrate on acting. He made his first television appearance in 1950 as a guest star in episode 28 titled "Pay Dirt" on The Lone Ranger. The same year, he began a recurring role as Drexel Potter on the sitcom The Stu Erwin Show.
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The novel received widespread acclaim from Canadian critics, and reached number 6 on MacLean's Magazine's best-sellers list less than a week after it was released.Author hits pay dirt with coal-mining yarn: Leo McKay's book has received critical acclaim, reaching No. 6 on the Maclean's best- sellers list by Wes Stewart. Cape Breton Post. Cape Breton, N.S.: May 6, 2003. pg. B.1.
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Miners would also engage in "coyoteing". This method involved digging a shaft deep into placer deposits along a stream. Tunnels were then dug in all directions to reach the richest veins of pay dirt. In the most complex placer mining, groups of prospectors would divert the water from an entire river into a sluice alongside the river, and then dig for gold in the newly exposed river bottom.
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Stephen F. Austin's lone touchdown came on a 40-yard interception return. D. T. Bailey picked off the errant pass, then "lateraled to Bob McGraw who sidestepped several Kats and reached pay dirt on the play." The Jacks failed to convert the extra point. Jimmy Hair passed to J. C. Wells for the winning touchdown in the third quarter and the Bearkat defense held SFA scoreless the rest of the contest.
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Numerous "aftershows" and specials (several named The Dirt, some called The Aftershow) have been produced that document behind-the-scenes action featuring additional footage, as well as studio interviews with miners and crew. Several extended versions of episodes (usually named Pay Dirt) have information bubbles and more mining coverage. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the TV season, the interview shows were affected, these episodes were called The Dirt: Home Edition.
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The team finished their first season in L.A. with a 6–4–1 record, second place behind the Chicago Bears. At the end of the season Walsh was fired as head coach. The Coliseum would be the home of the Rams for more than 30 years (the Dons merged with them in late 1949),James P. Quirk and Rodney D. Fort, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, p.
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Small amounts of gold were mined commercially in North Eastern Florida during the late 19th Century, at the site where Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park is located today. No records are extant on the amount of gold produced, but the find was insufficient to keep the operation running commercially, and the small amount of pay dirt was depleted within a matter of months.Placard at Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park.
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Hal Pennington was the team's originator; he was also the first head coach and general manager of the Bengals.Hal Pennington Biography - Xavier University Basketball Hall of Fame Los Angeles Bulldogs. While an independent team, the Bulldogs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in 1936.Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports After being turned down for the NFL for the 1937 season, the Bulldogs joined the AFL and became the first professional football team to play its home games on the West Coast.
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Roadside History of Montana, Don Spritzer, Montana Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana, 1999, , p. 252. Late fall was at hand, and they determined to stay for the winter; there was a good creek and plenty of wild game. At one place near the mouth of the gulch, east of the creek, Thompson sunk a hole and found the first pay dirt, a piece of gold about the size of a grain of wheat. Prospecting up the canyon they found more gold in small quantities.
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Boyer & Dave Geiser's Honky Tonk, and the anthology Hee Hee Comics (which was produced "in conjunction with The San Francisco Comic Book Co., Gary E. Arlington, prop.").indicia, Hee Hee (Company & Sons, 1970). But the company hit pay dirt in October 1970 with Jay Kinney & Bill Griffith's Young Lust (which had been previously turned down by fellow San Francisco-based underground publishers Print Mint, Rip Off Press, and Last Gasp).Griffith, Bill. "Thinking Inside the Box," Lost and Found: Comics 1969-2003 (Fantagraphics, 2012), p. viii.
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U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois The Red Sox struck first in Game 2 on Manny Ramirez's two-run single off of Mark Buehrle with runners on second and third. In the fourth, they loaded the bases on a single, double and intentional walk before Jason Varitek's single and Trot Nixon's groundout scored a run each. David Wells ( innings, two earned runs, seven hits) looked tough, giving up only two hits in the first four innings. But in the White Sox half of the fifth, the White Sox struck pay-dirt.
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Much of the current structures in Emigrant are newer and well maintained with an "old western" architectural theme. In August 1864, three emigrants, who came to Montana on the Bozeman Trail, arrived and found men already hard at work mining the creek. The new arrivals decided to try their luck farther up the rugged gulch, finding pay dirt high up the side of Emigrant Peak. The strike caused a stampede that drew several hundred miners and a few women to this remote area deep in Crow Indian country.
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Her sketches and watercolors provide an invaluable record of the otherwise forgotten and lost ghost towns of Colorado and the West. Sibell also authored many articles and several books about the history of the disappearing ghost towns. She became a nationally recognized author with the publication of Stampede to Timberline, The Bonanza Trail, Montana Pay Dirt, and Timberline Tailings, which she both authored and illustrated. Stampede to Timberline went through fourteen printings, becoming a definitive guidebook for ghost town enthusiasts, although many residents objected to having their towns depicted as such.
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Georgia Tech began the game by controlling the ball for over eleven minutes before failing a field goal from the Arkansas 8-yard line. However, it took only two plays on Tech's second drive to hit pay dirt as Georgia Tech quarterback Marvin Tibbetts scrambled 51 yards for a touchdown. Joe Paul Alberty scored from one yard out on the ensuing Razorback possession to tie the game at 7. Razorback rushers Lance Alworth and Jim Mooty took over in the third quarter, working in tandem to go 78 yards with Mooty finishing with a 19 yard score.
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Bob Walker and his sidekick Persimmon work at a dude ranch type luxury hotel in order to gain money to work their gold mine. English ingénue Pamala Barclay comes to the hotel and eventually falls in love with Bob but returns to Great Britain after she discovers he made a bet that he would have a relationship with her. Meanwhile, a con man attempts to buy the yet unproductive gold mine for a cheap price from Persimmon with the two going to England. When the mine hits pay dirt, Bob travels to London to fight for his mine and his lady love.
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The song was given a huge boost when MTV took notice of the group and began playing the video in regular rotation, including an appearance on Club MTV. By early 1989, it cracked the top five. The New Kids hit pay dirt with their next single, "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in June. The group had been scheduled to open for Tiffany once again on a second tour, but their sudden popularity caused a reversal, and she wound up opening for them (although the two acts were technically billed as "co-headliners").
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He started his career by serving in a variety of positions in corporate finance, commercial lending, workout loans and general management for almost ten years with First National Bank of Chicago. From 1981 to 1986, Conway had worked in various financial positions at MCI Communications being named senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1984. In 1987, he co-founded Carlyle with David Rubenstein and Daniel D'Aniello.Patrick McGeehan, 'Look Who Hit Pay Dirt in the Nextel Deal', in The New York Times, December 19, 2004 He has served as the chairman of the boards of Nextel Communications and United Defense Industries.
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The tool that was used to measure the level of the water course, and so to carry the water a long distance with a minimal drop, was a wooden bow and plumb bob. Taking the water at this higher level to the area of diggings and sluicing, allowed the workers then to process much more pay-dirt than the more typical method of digging it out and carrying it to the water. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Wall constructions of this scale (height & length) are rare.
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Rudy Klapper of Sputnikmusic commended lead singer Wyatt's "chameleonic" vocals, calling them "a highlight from the beginning". Klapper concluded, "['Animal'] bounc[es] along a deceptively catchy progression to a jangly chorus that hits immediate pop pay dirt." Neil Ashman of Drowned in Sound commented that it "boasts a number of indelible hooks worked around its staccato synth blasts". Jordan Bimm of Now described "Animal" as "catchy and creative" and said that the horns and the "playful vocal hook" will appeal to listeners who enjoyed Britney Spears' "Toxic" (2003), a production of Miike Snow members Karlsson and Winnberg.
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Tide cornerback Cyrus Jones made a huge play at the end of the first half. The Spartans had marched to the Tide 12 in the final minute of the half before Jones leaped high to intercept a Connor Cook pass at the Tide 2-yard line in the waning seconds of the half, ending a scoring threat and protecting the Tide's 10–0 lead heading into halftime. Alabama extended the lead to 17–0 on the opening drive of the second half, moving 75 yards in nine plays to pay dirt on a six-yard pass to Ridley along the sideline in the end zone.
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In August 1943, Colonel Roosevelt was asked by the Chief of the Army Air Forces, General Henry H. Arnold, to investigate several reconnaissance aircraft under development to select a successor to the Lockheed P-38 (F-4 and F-5 in the recon version), though the reason for Arnold's choice of Roosevelt was not made public.Time, "Pay Dirt", August 11, 1947. Roosevelt assembled a group of five air officers, including veteran RAF reconnaissance pilot Wing Commander D. W. Steventon. Upon their arrival in Los Angeles, Roosevelt and his group were met by eight limousines arranged by John W. Meyer, a publicist and former nightclub owner who was employed by Hughes Aircraft.
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For most of their existence, the Dons compiled an average record, and never qualified for the AAFC playoffs. This was mainly because they were in the same division as the league's two most powerful teams, the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers. Unlike the Browns, 49ers, and Baltimore Colts, the Dons were not one of the AAFC teams that remained intact when the AAFC merged with the NFL in : they merged with the crosstown Rams of the older league after the 1949 season.James P. Quirk and Rodney D. Fort, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992; pg. 438.
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The former Cleveland Rams of the National Football League relocated to the Coliseum in 1946, becoming the Los Angeles Rams; but the team later relocated again, first to Anaheim in 1980, then to St. Louis, Missouri in 1995 only to move back to Los Angeles in 2016. The Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference played in the Coliseum from 1946 to 1949, when the Dons franchise merged with its NFL cousins just before the two leagues merged.James P. Quirk and Rodney D. Fort, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, p. 438, The Coliseum hosted the NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1934, 1939, 1949 and 1955.
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L&H; historian Randy Skretvedt unearthed the original action script for The Finishing Touch and discovered gags that were either unfilmed or unused in the finished picture. One gag finds Stan and Ollie in adjacent rooms: Ollie drives a nail in the wall to hang his coat on, but in the next room, the nail snags Stan's sleeve so he drives it back out. On his side of the wall, Ollie cannot figure why his coat is on the floor, but he has his suspicions; just as he steps into Stan's room to confront him, Stan has stepped into his through another door. The nail gets hammered back and forth, until it ultimately hits pay dirt — in the beleaguered hide of cop Kennedy.
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Hayes, Roland left in 1967 and Fauntleroy left in 1972 (Fauntleroy leaving to remain in school) and the group became a quartet with the addition of Michel Ward and Greg Cook. Brown left during the following year, replaced by Harold Worthington. The group signed with manager Guy Draper, who landed the act a contract with Kapp Records (MCA/Universal) and became their producer and a principal writer. During this time, their songs were arranged by Donny Hathaway discovered by Draper at Howard University. Soon after signing with Kapp, the Unifics hit national pay dirt with their single, "Court of Love," which reached #1 on Record World and scored on both the Soul and Pop charts in Billboard and Cash Box Magazines in 1968.
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Foley broke through those two tackles, and spun away from yet another defender to give Australia a 14-point lead. The Australia defense then showed that they can score points as well, as Damien Donaldson intercepted a pass on the Aussie 35 yard line, returned it five yards before lateraling to Calvin Young, who then raced 60 more yards to pay dirt to give the squad a 20–0 lead late in the second quarter. Australian quarterback Jared Stegman had another good game, going 18-of-27 for 224 yards and a touchdown, and he tied a tournament record by throwing six touchdown passes. Daniel Strickland led the receivers, with 88 yards on five catches (including a touchdown), and Tyson Garnham hauled in nine passes for 70 yards.
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Eventually the stilts reached fifteen feet, and finally the town was simply removed to a nearby location in Confederate Gulch where it roared on with business as usual. Meanwhile, the hydraulic mining process ate its way through the former town site.Wolle, Muriel Sibell, "1963 Montana Pay Dirt: A Guide to the Mining Camps of the Treasure State", Sage Books, Denver; Pardee, Joseph Thomas and F. C. Schrader, 1933 "Metalliferous Deposits of the Greater Helena Mining Region, Montana", U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin #842, reprint of article in Mining Truth, Vol. 14, No. 10, cited by Montana Department of Environmental Quality Report on Confederate Gulch Mining District Mining production from 1866 through 1869 was intense—the rich deposits encouraged quick exploitation, and the shift to hydraulic mining kept production in high gear.
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Ball is perhaps best known for demoting pioneering baseball executive Branch Rickey from general manager to business manager in 1915, which led to his departure for the Cardinals. He considered Rickey's ideas, such as the development of an integrated farm system, to be too radical for the time; however, he also sought to prevent other teams from experimenting with these ideas by unsuccessfully seeking a court order to vacate Rickey's 1917 contract with the Browns' crosstown rivals. Due to the poor fortunes of the team both financially and on the field, Ball's estate continued to own the Browns after his death until , when the team was sold to Donald Lee Barnes.Quirk, James P. and Rodney D. Fort, 1997, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, Princeton University Press, , p. 47.
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Nicky Wilson (Beatty) and Oscar Sullivan (Nicholson) are inept 1920s scam artists in Northeastern United States who see pay dirt in the guise of Fredericka Quintessa "Freddie" Bigard (Stockard Channing), the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. She loves the already married Nicky, but because the Mann Act prohibits him from taking her across state lines and engaging in immoral relations, he proposes that she marry Oscar and then carry on an affair with the man she wants. Oscar, who is wanted for embezzlement and anxious to get out of town, is happy to comply with the plan, although he intends to claim his spousal privileges after they are wed. Once they reach Los Angeles, the men try everything they can to separate Freddie from her inheritance without success, but with sufficient determination to arouse her suspicions.
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Fitzpatrick scored two touchdowns via interception returns, first on a 33-yard return in the first quarter and later on a game- clinching 55-yarder. Alabama quarterback Jake Coker passed for 138 yards while completing 19-of-25 passes. Alabama built a 28–6 lead midway through the second quarter with Henry rushing 15 times for 178 yards and three scores in the first half and the Tide defense holding the explosive A&M; offense to 189 total yards. After Fitzpatrick's interception return, Henry rumbled 55 yards to pay dirt with 5:26 left in the opening stanza before tacking on a 6-yard scoring run with 14:51 left in the half. Jackson's 93-yard scoring play extended the lead to 28-6 before A&M; struck back on a 68-yard punt return touchdown by Christian Kirk with 3:03 left in the first half. Alabama led, 28–13, at halftime.
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Accountant Philip de Figueiredo was implicated in both the Hargraves case and the Wheatley case, and he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring with Wheatley to defraud the Commonwealth to cause a loss and two similar charges connected to the Hargraves and Stoten case on the Gold Coast where it was discovered de Figueiredo had set up a network of offshore companies to inflate the business expenses of Hargraves and Stoten.Alleged tax fraudster faces court, The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media, 28 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2018.McKenna, Michael; Elks, Sarah Operation Wickenby hits pay dirt at last, The Australian, News Corp Australia, 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2018.Wuth, Robyn Former Gold Coast accountant flees Australia after serving almost two years for fraud, Gold Coast Bulletin, News Corp Australia, 16 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018. An international arrest warrant was issued for Philip Egglishaw in 2013 after it was alleged he stole $34 million from Paul Hogan's Swiss bank account.
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In civilian life, Echols continued to help strengthen the nation's airpower potential. As president of the Aircraft Industries Association (AIA) from 1947 to 1949, his reputation for vision, decisiveness and good humor became even more widely appreciated. In August 1947, Echols was called before a War Investigating committee led by Senator Homer Ferguson, to uncover misconduct in wartime contracts given to Howard Hughes. Echols testified that the president's son, Elliott Roosevelt, who as an Army Air Forces major and lieutenant colonel had flown the successful P-38 Lightning photo reconnaissance variant during the North Africa campaign, had put political pressure on the AAF in 1943 to purchase the unneeded Hughes XF-11 photo reconnaissance aircraft over the objections of Echols and Chief of Air Staff Barney M. Giles.Time, August 11, 1947. Pay Dirt, page 2 of 3. Retrieved on June 5, 2009. The committee uncovered more than $5,000 in entertainment spent on Roosevelt by a paid Hughes publicist.
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Writing for The Washington Post, writer Manuel Roig-Franzia sardonically suggested that the phrase did not exist and had never before been used until President Barack Obama used it during an interview with Meet the Press on 6 December 2008.President Obama on Meet the Press to describe projects for his stimulus plan during a Meet the Press interview - Obama Brings "Shovel-Ready" Talk Into Mainstream by Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post (8 January 2009) Obama used the phrase to describe infrastructure projects that were ready to immediately receive stimulus funding of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009."The Obama Buzzword That Hit Pay Dirt", Washington Post Later, other commentators suggested the phrase denoted projects which were able to begin construction within a specific time- frame of three or four months"Shovel ready" projects aim to get money working fast by Robert Gavin, Boston Globe (20 January 2009) on a use it or lose it basis.
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